(11 hours ago)Leonardo17 Wrote: Everyone today is sceptic about the Crown-Prince Pahlavi. After all his father was (in effect) one of the worst dictators of the 20th century. A bit like today’s MBS but perhaps even worse than him.
But this guy said in 2023 in the Women-Life-Freedom movement that he did not want any political power in Iran and that he was now more American than Iranian.
Now he is saying that he might play an intermediary role in a transition to a parliamentary monarchy or a total secular Republic.
The fact that he is close to Israel and that D. Trump is repeating him while talking to the Iranian people by saying “Take back your institutions, help is on the way” is not a bad thing either.
I think he doesn't have much heft in Iran, especially given his links to America, which sits poorly with Iranian historical memory. I suspect he's probably seen as a puppet -- perhaps useful even to Iranians, but not of lasting value.
